Archive: 2009
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International Publisher Finds Home in the Piedmont
An entrepreneurial publishing organization, founded and led by a Scotsman born in Singapore and educated in the law at The University of Edinburgh, is making a…
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Indy Experience or Living a Dream
So as a friend once told me, there are those little boxes in life you just need to check off ... did that - check! Did this - check! Go to Indianapolis Motor Sp…
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Hunt Country Counseling, LLC
Only one fine carpenter and contractor in The Piedmont will calm your concerns with perfect pitch tenor classics and help you plot bucolic bike rides when you c…
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How Safe is Your Bank?
Almost every Friday night, the Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announces on its web site which banks it has seized that day. This has become a r…
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Hospital on 50 by 2015?
In a major decision affecting health care in Middleburg, Virginia State Health Commissioner Karen Remley approved a request from the Hospital Corporation of Ame…
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Gift Planning
Does it make sense to create a gift plan given the overall value of your estate? While circumstances will vary based on your personal situation, if you can affo…
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Frank Batten, Sr.: Publisher
Frank Batten was 27 when he inherited the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot in 1954, just four years after taking his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia…
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Foxcroft Hosts Admission Festivals
Prospective students invited to be a "Foxcroft Girl" for a day. What is a typical day at Foxcroft School really like? Prospective day and boarding students can…
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Fox Chase Farm hosts first-ever Ride for the Cure Virginia
Women and horses. In barns and show rings throughout Loudoun County, you can witness female riders of all ages groom, train, and show their equine companions. P…
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Fine Carpentry, Design & Contracting at Apple House
Only one fine carpenter and contractor in The Piedmont will calm your concerns with perfect pitch tenor classics and help you plot bucolic bike rides when you c…
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Employer Mandate is an Employee Nightmare
In his September 9 speech to a joint session of Congress, President Obama tried to breathe new life into his health reform effort. While the speech helped answe…
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Dank's Deli
Richard Danker sold Dank's Deli to Pedro and Maria Fuentes in 1996. They had worked with him at his Washington D.C. restaurants for many years and had been his…
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Baseball is coming to Loudoun
Well, maybe. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors' recent vote approved a 5,500-seat baseball stadium on the Kinkora property, located near the intersection…
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Bacon Ranch Squash Dip
I'll get back to my food pyramid musings next month, but so as not to leave you all in a non-cooking lurch, here is a recipe I whipped up recently. It is perfec…
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Appreciating
We are lucky. The next time you get in your car to drive somewhere, turn down the radio, put down the cell phone, and take a moment to look at your surroundings…
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Answers to Your Questions About the Novel H1N1 Virus
What are the symptoms of the novel H1N1 virus? Symptoms are similar to those of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body a…
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Annie's Restaurant
Annie's Restaurant is all about an old dream and a brand new restaurant. Annie was Carole's mother and after many years of searching and dreaming, Carole Robert…
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An Overwhelming Portion
One of my Republican friends assured me this past week that he had it on good authority from friends who participated personally in the Beck's Bad Boys March on…
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An Affordable and Moral Healthcare System
America is engaged in an unpleasant shouting match over whether and how to change our broken national healthcare system. Here's the current situation: 47 millio…
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A Decent Burial: Power Play Postponed
Middleburg Mayor, Betsy Davis, and the entire Town Council continue to insist that Dominion Power either bury its proposed new power lines across Loudoun and ad…